Getting started with The Shūyō App

1. Open Safari and type reikiwithbronwen.com/shuyo-app into the address bar at the top, then tap Go. It must be typed into Safari itself, not opened from a link in an email or the Google app; typing is what makes the install work.
2. Tap the Share button, the little square with the arrow pointing up, at the bottom of the screen or under the three dots at the bottom left.
3. Tap the three dots at ‘more’ and scroll the list to tap Add to Home Screen, scrolling a little further if you don’t see it at first. Then tap Add. The crimson blossom appears on your home screen. That is the whole install.
4. Open the app from its new icon. Tap Already practising with us? Sign in here and sign in with your email and the password you set at reikiwithbronwen.com/my-account. You sign in once, and the app remembers you; you will rarely need to do it again.
5. When the app asks about reminders, tap Yes please. Your phone will then double-check with its own little message; tap Allow there too. Then scroll to Your Reminder Times and tap the times that suit you. Your practice will arrive at exactly those times, in your own timezone.

1. Open Chrome and type reikiwithbronwen.com/shuyo-app into the address bar at the top, then tap Go.
2. Tap the three dots at the top right, then tap Add to Home screen (on some phones it says Install app), then confirm.
3. Open the app from its new icon. Tap Already practising with us? Sign in here and sign in with your email and password, tap Yes please and then Allow when your phone double-checks, and choose your reminder times.

Inside the installed app, always sign in with your password. The one-tap sign-in links we sometimes email are lovely in a browser, but your phone opens them in Safari rather than in the app. So in the app itself, the password is your door, and once through, the app remembers you.

That is completely fine. The Shūyō App is also an ordinary webpage: sign in at reikiwithbronwen.com/shuyo-app in any browser, on any device, and everything is there, your practice, your journal, your whole path.

On a computer or an Android phone you can even receive your practice reminders this way: when the app page asks about reminders, tap Yes please and choose your times. On an iPhone, reminders are the one thing that needs the two-minute install above, as Apple only delivers them to apps on your home screen.

The app looks out of date or will not sign in: delete just the app icon from your home screen (press and hold, Remove App, Delete from Home Screen), then add it again from Safari using the steps above. Your account and your progress are safe on our side, always.

Reminders stopped arriving: open the app and, if it offers the reminder question again, tap Yes please, then re-tap your times on the Your Reminder Times card.

Still stuck? Write to me through the site and we will sort it out together.